Auxiliary protector



F. W. BILLINGS.

AUXILIARY PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. 921.

1,391,665; PatentedSept. 27,1921.

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Be it known that l, Hui-1o W. BiLLINos, a

citizen of the United States, residing at liiillwood in Spokane countyand State ofi ll'asliingioxn have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Auxiliary lrotectors, of which the following: is aspeciiicw tioii.

My present invention relates to improvementsin auxiliary protectors inthe form of ii. visor or pivoted panel for use as e defioo tor inconnection with the Wind shield of an automobile of the touring car,roadster, or other type.-

primary object of the invention is the provision of an auxiliaryprotector for use with shields, to which it. is applicable which willemborl pivoted, adjustable and opaque panel. located at the top and infront of the windshield, in such position as to afford a means forpreventing rain, snow, sleet, &c., "from accumuiating on the transparentpart of the shield which is an undesirable eontingency which results inobscuring the vision of the sutoinobile driver.

To this end y' invention consists in certain novel cc -netionsarrangements of parts, whereby the-device is applicable as an ,ntto theindsoield of most Forms of was of the above type and may he awachedthereto with. iiity, may readily be adjusted with relation to theshield, and Wiil be retained in adjusted position, against vibrations-oithe ear in its trgwels.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical emhoriiment of in inve. i ion vhero in the parts eiiihinedand ..,..ran; ;ecl ee- Lid vised practical application of the principlesof in invention buti s wiil be understood that coiorahle changes endalterations me}! he made in the exemplifieclform oi the invention Withinthe swpe of my appended eleims without departing; from the spirit theiii'veiitioii. I a

sigure 1 is a persgec View or s panel r shield. maids sceording to myinvention, partly broken for convenience of illustration. v Fig. 2 is sview of ti device in side elevati led to whirl shield of an an- .i.automobiie'top. being ilen View, gisrtiy hrokenswsy, underside of thedevice.

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Fig. 4 is a sectionel viewfthrough the panel at line 4i-- in Fig. 3illustreting the panel for the adjustable bracket.

Fig. '5 is a perspective view of one of the The panel or adjustziblevisor, in the form of an opaque deflector, is designated as a Wholeby'the numeral 5, and'is supported. from the windshield near its upperportion in front thereof and below the top of the automobile asindicatedin Fig. 2. A covering (5 of suitable'material is laid on theopen, rectangular frame 7 \VlllCll latter is preferablyof light metalstructure or We ll sea-1 rounded at their front ends to enhance theappearance of the panel or shield. The protector extends forwardly fromthe automobile and is supported from the top frame her 3 of the windshield by means of ii pair of spaced hangers or brackets each indicatedas a whole by the numeral 9, and each of the brackets includes anattaching arm or metal plate l0,'perforated for bolting or screwing toone of the intermediate panel bars 11 of the panel frame, as seen inFigs. 1. and 3/ On each bracket arm 10 is fashio'ned an end, open,hearing sleeve 12, cylindrical in form and adapted to incase a bearingcollar lfi that is also open of smaller diameter than the sleeve, andpreferably a little longer than said sleeve, to afford a base or fixedbearing for the sleeve to revolve on, when desired. At its ends the collar is fashioned with upturned lugs 14 to reconnection of the attsehingplat-e to the tain the sleeve against longitudinal inovet The givotetlpanel is thus suspended firom iici the windshield frame, and it issupported in adjusted position either in horizontal location or at anangle thereto by means ofa pair of-adj ustable bracket arms, locatednear the respective ends of the panel and each attached thereto by meansof an adjustable attachin plate 15.

The ate 15 are each secured at the underside of an end bar 8 of thepanel frame by bolts 16, passed throughlaterally extegral, perforatedear 19 to which a bracket arm 20 is pivoted as at 21, and the bracketarm has a lower forked head 22, a clamp bolt 23 passed therethrough, anda-clamp nut 24 as shown.

The forks of the head are somewhat re- I silient in order that they mavbe snapped around the post 2 of the windshield, and

then by tightening up the nuts 24, the head be clamped firmly in place.

v'I he clamp head, when the nut 24- is loosened, may be slid upwardly ordownwardly on the windshield post to desired position, and when both ofthe bracket arms 20 are thus manipulatedthe vizor may be swung on itspivot sleeves 12 to either elevate or lower the protector, and when thedesired position is reached, the clamp nuts 24 are turned home to securethe arms in desired angular position. 1

When moving the vizor, the latter readily swings 'on its pivotalsupports 1213 and 21, and when the clamp nuts are secured in place,thevizor is rigidly supported at triangular points at each end of thepanel, thus providing a stable protector or deflector for the purposerequired.

The panel is of course angularly adjustable, the supporting bracket armsare adjustable with relation to the panel through the bolt and slotconnections in the bars 8, and the forked. heads of the supportingbracket arms are vertically adjustable on the windshield posts orstandards,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as newand desireto secure by Letters Patent is- 1 The combination with a support, of a 1pair of frictionally engaged, open, bearing collars, of an adj ustablepanel, bearing sleeves attached to the panel and pivotally supportedonsaid collars, and means for holding the panel in adjusted position.

2. The combination with a windshield frame, of a. pair of spaced bearingcollars fixed thereon, an adjustable panel, bearing sleeves attached tosaid panel and pivotally supported on said collars, and a pair ofvertically adjustable bracket arms-on said frame and means for laterallyadjusting said arms to the panel.

In testimony whereof I; aflix my signature.

FltED W. BILLINGS.

